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Sunday, January 30, 2011

MX UN Head Claims MX Drug Cartel and Italian Mob Nexus

Calabrian TalesHistory of the 'ndranghetaDrug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling: Lessons from the Inside

Mafia and Mexicans unite for drug pushDated 31Jan11Article reported limited Mexican Drug Cartel and Italian Mob (Ndrangheta) collusion.

Reported primary source of this information - "head of the UN's Office of Drugs and Crime in Mexico City, Antonio
Mazzitelli"; he claimed the Italian mob is interested in profiting from the cartel's cocaine activities.

Ndrangheta is based in Southern Italy's Calabria region.  Their drug activities are ranged near 40 billion dollars in 2008 based on insights gained from their ties with the Colombian drug cartels.

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